Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ncar!noao!asuvax!nud!fishpond!estinc!fnf From: fnf@estinc.UUCP (Fred Fish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: 2090A problem Message-ID: <6@estinc.UUCP> Date: 20 Dec 88 08:13:44 GMT References: <2746@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> Reply-To: fnf@estinc.UUCP (Fred Fish) Organization: Enhanced Software Technologies, Inc. Lines: 22 In article <2746@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> dleigh@hplabsz.UUCP (Darren Leigh) writes: >Also, does anyone happen to have the right numbers for the Quantum Pro >80s. The place I bought it at gave me the weird numbers: > >surfaces = 6 >cylinders = 5004 >sectors/track = 35 (??) they weren't sure Looks like it's my week to answer drive configuration questions :-). I just installed a Quantum 80S on a Hardframe, and the software there said that the drive uses a variable number of blocks per cylinder. Apparently it queries the drive to ask about its geometry. The configuration suggested by the installation program was 6 heads, 37 sectors/track, and 739 cylinders, for a total of 164058 usable blocks. Apparently there are some small number of blocks left over that end up being wasted. -Fred -- # Fred Fish, 1346 West 10th Place, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA # asuvax!nud!fishpond!estinc!fnf (602) 921-1113